Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Otavio Salvador wrote:
>
>> Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > Jan Lühr wrote:
>> >
>> >> Does this mean, that a well known exploit was kept back for nearly three
>> >> weeks, just because some odd vendors were unable to build there kernels
>> >> in
>> >> time?
>> >
>> > Yes, this is the norm. Debian hides security bugs from its users for
>> > extended periods of time.
>>
>> Yes but this have a reason.
>
> There are several justifications and explanations, yes.
>
>> Before upload a fix this need be available in all supported archs
>
> Fortunately, you are wrong. Kernel security updates are no longer
> synchronized among architectures.
If we provide an i386 image to fix a vulnerability and the same is
found in other arch, then, someone can try to explore this. We need
release all affected at same time to solve this.
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